Car-coupling



v `(No Model.)

J'. L. MONASMITH. GAR G OUPLING.

No. 401,198. Patented Apr. 9, 1889.

v WHWESSES,

JOEL LEE MONASMITII,

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ATENT OF FORMOSO, KANSAS.

CAR-COUPLING.

'SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 401,198, dated April 9, 1889.

Application filed September 26, 1888i Serial No. 286,428. INo model.)

To aZZ whom it may conce-rn:

Be it known that I, JOEL LEE MoNAsMITH, a citizen ot" the United States, residing at Formoso, in vthe county of Jewell and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car-Couplings; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains io make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and ligures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention rela-tes to car couplings which are automatic in their operation, and which can be uncoupled from either side or the top of the car.

The improvement consists in the novel features of construction and combination of parts, hereinafter more fully described, claimed, and shown in the annexed drawings, iu which- Figure l is a perspective View of one end of a car embodying my invention; Fig. 2, a hori zontal section of the coupling on an enlarged scale; Fig. 3, a vertical longitudinal section on the line X X of Fig. 2; Fig. e, a perspective view ot' the pin-supporting bar, and Fig. 5 a perspective view of the impact-block and the lever connected therewith.

lach end of the car will be provided with a coupling of like construct-ion, and to simplify matters only one end of a car and one coupling is shown in the drawings.

The draw-bar A has a double head or two link-receiving recesses, (L and c. The recess (t receives the link I), which is held therein in any desired manner. The recess d is deeper than the recess a. and receives the impactblock B, which is placed therein and which is pivotally connected with the lower end of the lever C, that extends vertically through the draw-bar, and is pivoted at its upper end between the standards or lugs d. The chamber I) in the rear of and above the recess c is divided by the partition E into two longitudinal compartments, e and e', the partition not extending quite to the end ot the chamber, so that the two compartments e and e have communication at one end. The bar F, arranged in the compartment e and having its front end jitted in the lever C and provided with a notch,

f, in its side, has the spring G interposed between its rear end and the rear wall of -the compartment, said spring being tted on the reduced end f of the bar F. The pin-supporting bar H, placed in the compartment e', has its front end, 7L, reduced and projected into an opening', I, and has a spring, J, fitted between its rear end and the rear wall of the said compartment e. The under-side of the bar Il is recessed at 7L', and across one side ot' this recess is arranged the spring K, which is secured thereto at one end, the free end la of the spring being' widened to extend laterally and project within the path of the lever C. The front end ot the reduced portion 7L is still further reduced to form the proj ect-ion h2, which engages with and supports the coupling-pin L, that works vertically through the draw-bar. The coupling-pin L has an annular groove, near its lower end, in which the end h2 tits when the said pin is elevated. The shaft M, journaled on the front of the car, has its ends m bent at right angles to form a lever to be grasped when elevating the pin, and has its middle port-ion provided with the arm m', which engages with the coupling pin. The vertical rod N, passing to thetop of the car, has its lower end engaged with the coupling-pin.

The operation of the couplingis as follows: The coupling-pin being elevated is supported by the end or projection h2 ot the bar Il', litting in the groove Z therein. NVhen the cars are run together, the link IJ of one car enters the recess CL. of the drawbarof the other car, and striking the impact-block forces it in against the tension of the spring G. As the block B moves in the lewer end of the lever C likewise moves in, and, engaging with the spring J, carries the bar Il in with it and disengages its end h2 from the pin L, which, being free, falls and engaging with the link couples the cars. To uncouple the cars, operate the shaft M from either side ot' the car or the rod M in such a manner as to elevate the coupling-pin, which, when sufliciently lifted, will be engaged by the bar H and supported until required to again couple the cars.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

l. In a car-coupling, the combination, with the draw-bar and the coupling-pin, of the im- ICO pact-block, the vertical lever C, pivoted at its upper end and engaging with the said impactblock at its lower end, and the pin-support ing bar adapted to be engaged by the said lever C, and having` its front end extended and adapted to engage directly with the said coupling-pin, substantially as and for the purjection h2, the spring K, having its frontend extended Within the path of the lever C, and the spring J, substantially as and for the purpose described.

LI. In a car-coupling, the combination of the draw-bar having the chamber D, the partition E, dividing the chamber into two coinpartments, the bar F and the spring G in one compartment, the bar I-I and the spring J in the other compartment, the spring K on bar H, the impact-block, and the lever C, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

JOEL LEE MONASMITH. lVitnesses:

MARY E. ALTHoUsE, ANNIE E. ALTHoUsE. 

